SEMIRURAL Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

semirural

adjective

Definition of semirural

as in nonurban

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Recent Examples of semirural Her fiance travels weekly for work, leaving her alone in their house in Shadow Hills, a quaint semirural neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023 An evacuation order also was issued for residents of the Wilton area in semirural southeastern Sacramento County. — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023 In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022 And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for semirural

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Fish caught near urban areas contained nearly three times more PFOS and overall PFAS than those caught in nonurban locations, the study found.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
The nonurban groups also dined on venison in the spring, when fawns were easy prey.

— Bethany Brookshire, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022

Definition of nonurban

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Easier discussions will be held around tariffs and agricultural products like soybeans, while AI, autos, technology and e-commerce will feature on the agenda, said the official, who asked for anonymity to discuss private conversations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
The agricultural region is particularly famous for its colorful spring tulip fields, which transform acres of farmland into brilliant stripes of red, yellow, pink, and purple.

— Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of agricultural

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Herb and vegetable gardens, fruit trees, wine grapes and beehives add an agrarian dimension.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Rather, my aim in the following pages is to show how a set of novels by Gallegos and Güiraldes posed and answered agrarian questions in a manner that only the novel could, on the level of aesthetic form.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

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